John, Lawrence Ketchum

John was a childhood actor and continued to perform during summer breaks from his High School in Dalton, Georgia, where he they remember him by his theatrical name of Larry Armond. As an adult, he became a police officer, detective and an undercover agent.

John enlisted in the army as a private during the Korean police action and retired after the Viet Nam war as a Lieutenant Colonel. He served both on active duty and in the reserves and became a highly decorated combat wounded veteran.

He graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a degree in Law Enforcement and Corrections and from Webster College with a Master's degree in Psychology.

John founded one of the largest private investigative agencies in the state of Washington. He conducted or supervised over 3000 criminal and industrial investigations. He later opened his polygraph company and conducted over 6000 polygraph examinations, most of which were court-ordered. It is from these cases that he draws most of the material for his books.

John has published books in the John Bodie series under his complete name of John Lawrence Ketchum. You can find these books on Amazon's Webb site such as, Laser Liar, Telepathic Liar, Lie to me, and Liar, Lair House on Fire.

Visit his Webb site at www.johnlketchum.com